John Morrison wrote: >> From: Max Bowsher> John Morrison wrote: >>>> From: Igor Pechtchanski >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to >>>> store for setup. I'm proposing an Xdefaults-style setup.cfg in >>>> /etc/setup. If we compile a list of things to go in there, I could >>>> write a parser for it (I don't think it merits yacc, like the one >>>> for setup.ini :-D). >>>> Igor >>> >>> Think that's a good idea, but you'd only be able to parse it if >>> a) the registry as / mounted and (or) >>> b) the path to install cygwin has been entered :) >> >> I think that is acceptable. >> >>> BTW, apart from colours, what would you store? Whether the users >>> been asked if they want shortcuts? >> >> Yes, that is a prime example. >> >> Also, allowing the user to set persistent defaults: >> * Disable antivirus >> * Install Type >> * Proxy settings >> >> and maybe even the option to skip across pages entirely. > > Oh, oh! Got another! Disable md5sum check (useful for > internal distribution) for 'install from local'.
Oh yes, something has *got* to be done about that. I've been patching it off in all my build since it was added. Max.
